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[Coolbreeze]

62937-00C
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Does this dip stick fit the cover that comes stock on the '05 SEEG?  [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

[hd-dude]

Does this dip stick fit the cover that comes stock on the '05 SEEG?  [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

Yep; I've got one one mine, no problems since October of 04'

[TB]

I've had mine now for a couple of months and it seems to work fine.  That is, once I actually read the label and turned it counter clockwise to release the balls.  

I'm not sure that it is all that accurate as a buddy has one and his is consistently 5-7 degrees lower than mine when the bikes are dead cold in the morning.  

As far as the usefullness....well, I keep an eye on the temperature but ride it anyway.  So I'm not sure what it does for me (other than to give me something to worry about).

[Fired00d]

I have one installed on my bike and temperature runs around 220 - 228 on really hot days. I still have my lowers on, with a Stage One done on my bike (Rhinehart Duals, SE Breather, and SE Race Tuner) I would be interested in what temperatures (if known) of bikes that have had more hi-performance work done are running? I'm thinking about doing some motor work this winter (HTCC Pistons, HTCC Heads, and SE 264 Cams or equivalent of), but am concerned about kicking compression ratio up to 10:5/1 and worrying about pre-detonation due to heat (if I leave lowers on, which I prefer). If anybody could elaborate on the following it would be appreciated...

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• Still have lowers attached.

[list bull-blackball]

• Live in a climate close to what I am (Central Virginia) High heat (90+), and high humidity.

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• Average temperature you are running in July/August.

[list bull-blackball]

• And have similar motor work done that I have mentioned above.
  

[tony1968]

220 is the normal operating temp

[TB]

In the cold north, I regularly run around 200 degrees.  Several weeks ago, on my trip the the Blue Ridge, I recorded a high of 239 while stopped in traffic in southern Ohio with the outside temps running near 100 degrees.

[Ed Ramberger - One_Screamin_Eagle]

mine leaks a little from the o-ring. drips down the oil filler cover.
it sucks. maybe i can find a new o ring for it.

H-D makes a service kit i beleive.  Did you check the instruction sheet?

[CO-Scream]

Personally, I was never too impressed with the digital dipstick.  (For the record I have a 2000 SERG) I purchased the Digital Dipstick in 2002, the battery failed in 2003. I purchased a new battery.  I had always had a problem getting it to release with the counter-clockwise turn to check my oil level.  Friday, my oil light started to flicker on the way to work, I still had about 30lbs of pressure on the gauge but felt a quick check of my oil level would make me fell better.  Pulled over to the side of the road, turn the top counter-clockwise and proceeded to pull the entire top assemble off.  I am not THAT strong.  A few curse words followed.  Long story short; had a short in my wiring (light flicker) and am going back to the old dipstick.

Take care,

Myk

[pappy2]

Anyone here of an update on the spun face oil temp guage from HD?  I was certainly hoping for one soon.  JP

[BLM777]

Personally, I was never too impressed with the digital dipstick.  (For the record I have a 2000 SERG) I purchased the Digital Dipstick in 2002, the battery failed in 2003. I purchased a new battery.  I had always had a problem getting it to release with the counter-clockwise turn to check my oil level.  Friday, my oil light started to flicker on the way to work, I still had about 30lbs of pressure on the gauge but felt a quick check of my oil level would make me fell better.  Pulled over to the side of the road, turn the top counter-clockwise and proceeded to pull the entire top assemble off.  I am not THAT strong.  A few curse words followed.  Long story short; had a short in my wiring (light flicker) and am going back to the old dipstick.

Take care,

Myk

Good move to send it to the trash can.  HD doesn't like it either as they discontinued it for this year due to an inordinate amount of returns.  Biggest problem...you guessed it...the whole top comes off in your hand.

[110tHunDer]

Good move to send it to the trash can.  HD doesn't like it either as they discontinued it for this year due to an inordinate amount of returns.  Biggest problem...you guessed it...the whole top comes off in your hand.

Nice guys.  The least they could've done is give us a spun aluminum oil tem gauge for the dash in return. [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

[Fired00d]

Good move to send it to the trash can.  [bgcolor=Yellow]HD doesn't like it either as they discontinued it for this year due to an inordinate amount of returns.[/bgcolor]  Biggest problem...you guessed it...the whole top comes off in your hand.

I was just looking at P/A Book for 2006, and on page 443 they still have the "Oil Temperature Dipstick w/Lighted LCD Readout"  P/N 62937-00D

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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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[Geezer 1941]

I had one, and found that I could not read it with Polaroid sunglasses on in the bright sunlight, and it also kept getting moisture in it.  I went back to the old ANALOG type temp gauge and you can just glance down at it while waiting for a light.  Sometimes too much technology is a bad thing.

[Geezer 1941]

other than to give me something to worry about).


That's so true, my first bike was a used 1958 HD RoadKing Panhead, with side shift.  I bought it in 1960, and put 80,000 miles on it before selling it to a buddy for $400.  I never worried about oil temp.  I might have even used automobile oil in the damn thing if it was 20-50. God only knows what I used in the gearbox and chaincase.  It made really scary lifter sounds, and vibrated enough to make your teeth chatter, and it leaked like a sieve, and I never worried about it getting overheated I just ran it day and night.  BUT it never failed me.   Now we worry about oil temperature, the oil blends we used in the 3 holes, the electronics, the belts, and we even carry a tire repair kit with us, if the bike makes a noise that is imperceptible to someone else, our nerves are shot, if there is one dull spot on the paint that you missed when you waxed it, your day is ruined, if the whitewall has a mark on it, we stop whatever we are doing and wash the bike, even if it means that we have to give up riding for the day.

Most guys will never ride enough to wear out a bike, but we sure love to baby them to death.

No wonder we end up getting high blood pressure, heart problems, and shingles.

The bottom line is, if we were in a major accident, and were just barely conscious, the first thing we would think about was how bad the BIKE was hurt.

[Twolanerider]

other than to give me something to worry about).
 

That's so true, my first bike was a used 1958 HD RoadKing Panhead, with side shift.  I bought it in 1960, and put 80,000 miles on it before selling it to a buddy for $400.  I never worried about oil temp.  I might have even used automobile oil in the damn thing if it was 20-50. God only knows what I used in the gearbox and chaincase.  It made really scary lifter sounds, and vibrated enough to make your teeth chatter, and it leaked like a sieve, and I never worried about it getting overheated I just ran it day and night.  BUT it never failed me.   Now we worry about oil temperature, the oil blends we used in the 3 holes, the electronics, the belts, and we even carry a tire repair kit with us, if the bike makes a noise that is imperceptible to someone else, our nerves are shot, if there is one dull spot on the paint that you missed when you waxed it, your day is ruined, if the whitewall has a mark on it, we stop whatever we are doing and wash the bike, even if it means that we have to give up riding for the day.

Most guys will never ride enough to wear out a bike, but we sure love to baby them to death.

No wonder we end up getting high blood pressure, heart problems, and shingles.

The bottom line is, if we were in a major accident, and were just barely conscious, the first thing we would think about was how bad the BIKE was hurt.

That was funny geezer.  And too true.  I know I'm not as anal as a lot of guys are with their bikes.  No six hour details here and I can ride it if it's dirty.  But, relative to about any other machine I own, the bike does still get a pretty unique level of care and feeding.  That last line you wrote, however, is priceless.

A little over a year ago I had my second accident on a bike.  First was much longer ago and most of the details I never remembered.  So couldn't tell if I looked at the bike before I looked at me or not (that bike, probably not).

But this last one I slid and rolled along for about 80 feet in the middle of six lanes of traffic and a crossing intersection while the bike traveled about 125 feet in the same mix.  Neither of us got squished.  Fortunately I wasn't even really hurt.  Busted nose and a shoulder that had popped out and back in as I rolled and a bit of rash here and there.  Nothing really damaged though.  But I vividly remember standing up, realizing I could stand up, and then before doing any other inventory looking at the bike to see how it had held up.  It struck me funny later.  Really funny.  But at that moment wondering how the bike had faired in its solo travel was the only thing going through my warped little brain.  We're all, every one of us, mentally ill  [smiley=beerchug.gif]